I think it works well enough in 99% of the cases. Sure, there are going to be some false positives as well as false negatives, but that's not a big problem in practice. When searching for images of beavers, you get a screen full of cute pictures of the animal, which is good enough.
deeply disturbing subjects like masturbation
For me, 'deeply disturbing' would be more along the lines of tubgirl/goatse/rotten.com, not an educational site about masturbation, which you can still access with SafeSearch on, without getting all the graphic details on the first page.
Or you could store the jpeg on disk, and rerun the decode, which saves a lot of space, and is still acceptably fast. If you're lucky, the jpeg may still be available in memory. If not, the memory is probably in use for something more important, which is usually a good thing.
Why not use the file system for storing stuff that might be needed in the future, such as recently visited pages ? At least then the OS can decide to use the memory for something else, without having to use swap space.
I love virtualbox, but I wouldn't say it works perfectly. Things requiring DirectX don't always work, and I've also had some trouble with certain USB devices.
give people in third world nations a higher standard of living, and longer healthier lives, they will stop having excessive children.
Just because that worked in the West, doesn't mean the same will happen in other places. For example, as Saudi-Arabia gained more wealth, the population has exploded, and still shows no sign of slowing down.
Also, the effect is only temporary. Any genes that tend to increase the number of children will be passed on, and grow exponentially, as evolution catches up with the rapid changes in the environment.
Because a lot of people don't care about 1%. When Firefox had a market share of 5%, there were still plenty of sites that didn't support it.
Also, people moving to IPv6 doesn't mean they can't reach IPv4 sites anymore. As long as they can reach them through some NAT service, the IPv4 web hosts will be fine.
Then wait until market is large enough, minus the time it takes to do add the IPv6 support. Switching to IPv6 will only get easier after you wait until everybody else has figured out all the problems, and all the hardware is supporting it.
I know how blood thinners work, but I was commenting on the part of the TFS where it speculates it could replace existing drug therapy. If this doesn't prevent clotting, anti-coagulant drugs are always going to be a useful therapy, and this magnetic treatment (if it really does work) only additional.
Thinning the blood (really, lowering the ability to clot quickly) also helps to prevent future heart attacks.
And having the clot move deeper into the cardiac arteries is pretty good. The smaller the artery becomes, the less tissue it feeds, and the smaller the area of damage.
Aspirin's blood thinning effects last several days. For somebody suffering elevated risk of heart attacks, taking one pill per day is sufficient to obtain protection.
This only works fast if you happen to be near a 1.5T magnet. Aspirin will start working in about half an hour, and if you're in medical emergency, I would expect there's something that can be injected intravenously to work even faster.
Mass transit is not anywhere near being able to replace private transportation, especially in areas where the population density is low. But even in densely populated areas, such as Western Europe, the capacity of mass transit is limited. I live in an area with an excellent public rail system, but still it only takes care of 10% of the daily commutes, with trains packed full in rush hour traffic, and leaving every 10 minutes from the busiest stations.
Nukes and coal are fine for electricity generation, but electricity is only a small part of our energy consumption. Most of our energy is spent on heating and transportation. Heating can be done with electricity, obviously, but only if the grid can handle it.
And it's not the price of oil that's necessarily a concern (although the US will have trouble borrowing enough money to import it), it's the available volume. With China and India growing quickly, and oil production falling, there are going to be shortages soon. History has shown that in the face of shortages, people start getting nasty to each other.
I refer mostly to the loss of knowledge that occurs when a civilization disappears. For example, Roman engineering was much more advanced than the stuff that followed it for many years.
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I think it works well enough in 99% of the cases. Sure, there are going to be some false positives as well as false negatives, but that's not a big problem in practice. When searching for images of beavers, you get a screen full of cute pictures of the animal, which is good enough.
For me, 'deeply disturbing' would be more along the lines of tubgirl/goatse/rotten.com, not an educational site about masturbation, which you can still access with SafeSearch on, without getting all the graphic details on the first page.
No kidding. Poor filtering algorithms lead to stuff like this:
Daddy, why does it say "cu***mber" here, instead of "cucumber" ?
Try explaining that...
Create a different user account for each of your family members, and set individual preferences. You'll want that anyway.
Or you could store the jpeg on disk, and rerun the decode, which saves a lot of space, and is still acceptably fast. If you're lucky, the jpeg may still be available in memory. If not, the memory is probably in use for something more important, which is usually a good thing.
Why not use the file system for storing stuff that might be needed in the future, such as recently visited pages ? At least then the OS can decide to use the memory for something else, without having to use swap space.
If you read the actual letter, you'll find that the Sentators do not claim these apps are illegal.
http://www.edibleapple.com/us-senators-ask-apple-to-remove-apps-that-alert-users-of-dui-checkpoints/
I love virtualbox, but I wouldn't say it works perfectly. Things requiring DirectX don't always work, and I've also had some trouble with certain USB devices.
Just because that worked in the West, doesn't mean the same will happen in other places. For example, as Saudi-Arabia gained more wealth, the population has exploded, and still shows no sign of slowing down.
Also, the effect is only temporary. Any genes that tend to increase the number of children will be passed on, and grow exponentially, as evolution catches up with the rapid changes in the environment.
No, you only need an iris transplant. You can keep your corneas.
Not true, here's a couple of other photos:
http://www.spaceweather.com/swpod2011/18may11/Maximilian-Teodorescu3_strip.jpg
http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/iss_atlantis_transit2_2010.html
Because a lot of people don't care about 1%. When Firefox had a market share of 5%, there were still plenty of sites that didn't support it.
Also, people moving to IPv6 doesn't mean they can't reach IPv4 sites anymore. As long as they can reach them through some NAT service, the IPv4 web hosts will be fine.
Then wait until market is large enough, minus the time it takes to do add the IPv6 support. Switching to IPv6 will only get easier after you wait until everybody else has figured out all the problems, and all the hardware is supporting it.
Apart from adding maintenance costs, how much sense does it make ? IPv6-only clients are a small market.
He could sell his brain... didn't use it anyway.
I know how blood thinners work, but I was commenting on the part of the TFS where it speculates it could replace existing drug therapy. If this doesn't prevent clotting, anti-coagulant drugs are always going to be a useful therapy, and this magnetic treatment (if it really does work) only additional.
Thinning the blood (really, lowering the ability to clot quickly) also helps to prevent future heart attacks.
And having the clot move deeper into the cardiac arteries is pretty good. The smaller the artery becomes, the less tissue it feeds, and the smaller the area of damage.
Don't ignore the side effects of a 1.5T magnet when you have metal implants in your private places that you didn't tell the doctor about.
Aspirin's blood thinning effects last several days. For somebody suffering elevated risk of heart attacks, taking one pill per day is sufficient to obtain protection.
This only works fast if you happen to be near a 1.5T magnet. Aspirin will start working in about half an hour, and if you're in medical emergency, I would expect there's something that can be injected intravenously to work even faster.
Going to the hardware store to buy some nails, while carrying a 1.5T magnet, becomes a whole different exercise, though.
According to the article, this effects only lasts for a few hours. How is that a viable replacement for taking an Aspirin pill ?
Mass transit is not anywhere near being able to replace private transportation, especially in areas where the population density is low. But even in densely populated areas, such as Western Europe, the capacity of mass transit is limited. I live in an area with an excellent public rail system, but still it only takes care of 10% of the daily commutes, with trains packed full in rush hour traffic, and leaving every 10 minutes from the busiest stations.
Nukes and coal are fine for electricity generation, but electricity is only a small part of our energy consumption. Most of our energy is spent on heating and transportation. Heating can be done with electricity, obviously, but only if the grid can handle it.
And it's not the price of oil that's necessarily a concern (although the US will have trouble borrowing enough money to import it), it's the available volume. With China and India growing quickly, and oil production falling, there are going to be shortages soon. History has shown that in the face of shortages, people start getting nasty to each other.
I refer mostly to the loss of knowledge that occurs when a civilization disappears. For example, Roman engineering was much more advanced than the stuff that followed it for many years.
On the other hand, the version of Office he showed isn't going to work on a small screen. Some consistency would be nice.